30 September 2004

SF novel in the "Grand Tour" series, following Jupiter (2001) and Venus (2002) and several earlier books including Mars (1992).
• The Amazon page has the Publishers Weekly review.
• Bova's site, www.benbova.net/, include a Grand Tour chronology.
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Fantasy novel, first in the "High Druid" trilogy. The second volume, Tanequil, has just been published in hardcover.
• The author's bibliography links to a description and excerpts.
• It was included on Barnes & Noble's list of the Best Sf/F/H of 2003.
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Collection of 4 stories set in the universe of Card's popular series of novels that began with Ender's Game (1985), including the original novelette version "Ender's Game" from 1977. This edition is a reprint of the 2003 Tor hardcover titled First Meetings in the Enderverse, which was an expansion of 2002 Subterranean Press collection First Meetings.
• Includes a 12-page reader's guide.
• Amazon has the School Library Journal review, and description.
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Original anthology of 16 ghost stories. Authors include Kelly Link, Joyce Carol Oates, Ramsey Campbell, Jeffrey Ford, Tanith Lee, Lucius Shepard. Authors provide afterwords describing their favorite ghost stories.
• Winner of the International Horror Guild award as best anthology of 2003, and nominated for the World Fantasy Award, as are two of the stories: Glen Hirshberg's "Dancing Men" and Kelly Link's "The Hortlak".
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YA fantasy novel, 16th in the Redwall series -- the 17th, Rakkety Tam, just came out in hardcover.
• Amazon has a review by Jennifer Hubert, and several very enthusiastic reader reviews.
• The Official Redwall Site has this page of description and cover images, with a link to the handwritten outline for the book from June 2001.
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SF novel, first in a series about the daughter of a wealthy interstellar shipping family. The sequel, Marque and Reprisal, is due in October.
• The publisher's site has this excerpt.
• It was included in Cynthia Ward's Locus Online survey of The Best SF/Fantasy Books of 2003.
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Fantasy novel, latest in the Discworld series, whose next volume, Going Postal, is just out in hardcover.
• HarperCollins' site http://www.terrypratchettbooks.com/ has this description and excerpt.
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Young-adult SF novel, first in ``The Hungry City Chronicles'' about cities that travel, consuming smaller cities in their path. The second in the series, Predator's Gold, is just out in hardcover.
• The publisher's site has this description and excerpt.
• Faren Miller's review in the November '03 issue of Locus Magazine said the author "brings depth and grit to a novel marketed as YA science fiction..."
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Fantasy novel, second of two parts in the sequel to In Legend Born.
• The Amazon page has Publishers Weekly's review: "Fast-paced, witty and full of action, the book is a marvel of storytelling, but it's the credible, complex relationships among the characters that elevates this far above the usual fantasy standard."
• The author's website has this page about the book, with a link to an excerpt.
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SF historical novel about the origins of the scientific revolution in the 18th century; first of the "Baroque Cycle" that concluded this year with The Confusion and The System of the World.
• This edition has a "P.S." section at the end, a separately-paginated 15-page reader's guide.
• Website www.baroquecycle.com has a preview of the book, an interview with the author, etc.
• The book was shortlisted for this year's Arthur C. Clarke Award.
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SF novel about a woman who escapes an overcrowded Earth with several dogs to help investigate the inhabitants of the planet Moss.
• The publisher's site has this description and excerpt.
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